Robyn

Mel Gibson loses half 850m fortune in divorce settlement

Celebrity Gossip

24 Dec 2011

Mel Gibson's ex-wife has been awarded half his $850 million fortune in their divorce settlement. The 'Braveheart' actor is now officially a single man after his almost 30-year marriage to Robyn Moore - mother of seven of his children - was officially…

The top albums of 2010

LCD Soundsystem, Washed Out, Robyn, Errors, Arcade Fire

17 Feb 2011

LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening (DFA/ EMI) James Murphy and co’s last album also features one of the year’s most tantalisingly misleading album intros. It’s over three (very mellow) minutes into ‘Dance Yrself Clean’ before the proper beats…

Music video addict Robyn

Music Gossip

3 Nov 2010

Robyn didn't have cable TV growing up, so got her friends to record hours of music television for her. The singer was obsessed with pop music from an early age in her native Sweden, but had to rely on friends to see the latest videos from her…

Robyn - 02 ABC, Glasgow, Mon 18 Oct 2010

Sweden's electro dissident triumphs with precision electro-pop anthems

2 Nov 2010

From her beginnings as a 90s teen-pop icon to her 00s domination of the hipster blogosphere, Sweden’s electro dissident, Robyn, has beaten a colourful path to stardom. She’s in Glasgow, replete with windmills and excessive strobe-lighting, while touring…

Robyn no role model

Music Gossip

29 Sep 2010

Robyn worries she is a "coward" for not wanting to be a role model. The Swedish singer admits while she is an active feminist, she is reluctant to be seen as an example to other young women, which she feels is symptomatic of other people of her…

LCD Soundsystem and Fever Ray highlights of Electric Picnic 2010

Stradbally, Ireland, 3-5 Sep 2010

15 Sep 2010

The Picnic is one of two major events bookending the Irish festival season, and it feels like all of Ireland has turned out for summer’s last gasp. Which, as it turns out, is a rather wet one. But no matter, for the craic is good, the pies are hearty…

Robyn chilled with Snoop

Music Gossip

14 Sep 2010

Robyn loved working with Snoop Dogg because he was "down to earth". The Swedish singer - who collaborated with Snoop on the track 'U Should Know Better' for her new album 'Body Talk Pt.2' - found the rapper to be very easy and unpretentious to work…

Robyn set for UK tour to promote Body Talk series

Swedish pop genius - Robyn interview

10 Sep 2010

Remember that song? The one that went, ‘Show me love. Show me life. Baby show me what it’s all about.’ Yep? Well that was Robyn, back in 1997. And the track, ‘Show Me Love’ was a worldwide supersmash that reached number eight in the UK. And now…

Robyn - Body Talk Pt 2

1 Sep 2010

(Island) This is cosmic. No, this is literally cosmic. ‘In My Eyes’, the opening track from Robyn’s second of three albums this year, is all zooming synth-riffs and meteoric ‘Invisible Touch’ (hello, Genesis!) drum-machine patterns. ‘Hey little star…

Robyn's 'gangster' collaboration

Music Gossip

9 Aug 2010

Robyn has revealed her collaboration with Snoop Dogg is "very gangster". The 'Dancing On My Own' hitmaker - whose joint venture with the hip-hop star is set to feature on her upcoming new album - revealed the track is to be entitled 'U Should Know…

Robyn was dismayed by pop

Music Gossip

10 Jul 2010

Robyn used to feel "disgusted" by the pop industry. The Swedish singer hated the way she was grouped in with other female stars after the success of her single 'Show Me Love' in 1996 but didn't realise there were other ways to bring her music to the…

Robyn - Body Talk Pt 1

1 Jun 2010

Glorious pop android Robyn has two modes: LOVE ME and FUCK YOU, and they are both wonderful. Body Talk Pt 1, which features Diplo and Royksopp, is the follow-up to the Swedish icon’s 2007 self-titled album, and the first of three long-players due this…

Madonna to play Radio 1's Big Weekend

21 Apr 2008

Madonna has been confirmed as the headliner for Radio 1's Big Weekend 2008, which will take place at Mote Park in Maidstone, Kent on the weekend of 10 and 11 May. The singer, who won her 13th UK number one single at the weekend, with the Justin…

Robyn - gig review

1 Nov 2007

Since storming to number one earlier this year, Swedish pop star Robyn isn’t that worried about being remembered for her brief dalliance with the charts in the 90s. ‘It was such a long time ago I don’t know if people remember,’ she says of her old hit…

Robyn

Robyn

16 Aug 2007

POP Robyn leaps out of the gate looking like your typical kooky Scandinavian popstar with her first track, ‘Curriculum Vitae’, hyping and bigging her up in time honoured boxer/rap fashion. The lyrics boast of her triumphs – curing AIDS, scoring ‘two…